Props to Brooke Astor

skysidhe · 08-14-2007, 11:25 AM

One of city's most recognized ladies, Astor, 105, died Monday.

She hobnobbed with the Queen of England and showed up on the streets of drug-ravaged neighborhoods to donate her fortune. In the course of her rarefied existence, she gave away nearly $200 million.

Astor wrote four books: "Patchwork Child," a 1962 autobiography; "The Bluebird is at Home," 1965, a novel; the autobiographical "Footprints," 1980; and "The Last Blossom on the Plum Tree," 1986, a period novel.

I consider people like this to be lights of the world. Goodby good lady.

08-14-2007, 11:25 AM	#1
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Props to Brooke Astor One of city's most recognized ladies, Astor, 105, died Monday. She hobnobbed with the Queen of England and showed up on the streets of drug-ravaged neighborhoods to donate her fortune. In the course of her rarefied existence, she gave away nearly $200 million. Astor wrote four books: "Patchwork Child," a 1962 autobiography; "The Bluebird is at Home," 1965, a novel; the autobiographical "Footprints," 1980; and "The Last Blossom on the Plum Tree," 1986, a period novel. I consider people like this to be lights of the world. Goodby good lady.

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